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  2. Engel v. Vitale - Wikipedia

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    Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment. [1]

  3. School prayer in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Schempp (1963), which focused primarily on school-sponsored Bible reading, the Supreme Court established what is now the current prohibition on state-sponsored prayer in US schools. While the Engel decision held that the promulgation of an official state-school prayer stood in violation of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause (thus ...

  4. Magnificat - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Common Prayer allows for an alternative to the Magnificat—the Cantate Domino, Psalm 98—and some Anglican rubrics allow for a wider selection of canticles, but the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis remain the most popular. In Anglican, Lutheran, and Catholic services, the Magnificat is generally followed by the Gloria Patri.

  5. History of education in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Counts, George S. School and Society in Chicago (1928) online "Free Public Schools of Chicago" Eclectic Journal of Education and Literary Review (January 15, 1851). 2#20 online; Havighurst, Robert J. The public schools of Chicago: a survey for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (1964). online

  6. Chicago school (literary criticism) - Wikipedia

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    The question for the Chicago School (as it was for Aristotle) was always what the purpose of the theory of criticism was, what hypotheses were brought to bear by the theory about the nature of literature (for instance, whether it consisted of the words alone, or whether it was to be thought of as part of a larger context such as an era or an artist's life), and the definitions of words (such ...

  7. Chicago Appeals Court rules in favor of Illinois gun ban ...

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    CHICAGO (WTVO) — A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that the Illinois assault weapon ban can remain in effect while the law is debated. This decision came on Thursday as lawyers ...

  8. She fought GOP board on censorship, then took oath on ... - AOL

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    Here's the six books School Board President Karen Smith was sworn in on during Monday's reorganization meeting. She fought GOP board on censorship, then took oath on stack of banned books as new ...

  9. Texas school district bans critically acclaimed young adult ...

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    In early November, a parent raised the profanity issue and soon after the school district banned the novel, Vulture reported. That action has spurred some to push back.